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Money is no object!

Yeah, I knew that subject line would get you.

Okay, say your dog training money was absolutely unlimited. You have a brand new 8 week old pup out of awesome field lines. You're planning to train him yourself, and you have access to awesome training grounds, but you have zero equipment right now.

What do you buy?

What about birds/bumpers? You have an eight week old puppy here. When do you start him on birds? What kind do you use? Frozen or fresh? Ratio of birds to bumpers? How do you use birds differently as he ages and becomes more advanced?

A bunch of bumpersE-collarA blank pistol2 whistles and a lanyardA duck callA holding blind2 wingers with remotesDecoys: a half dozen field and a few floaters.A crate for the truckLong line – 20 or 30 footerA good lead and collarA heeling stickReading material: Dahl, DL Walters, Graham, Lardy

Hire 4 fulltime experienced bird throwers. Start with two and add two later on. Run many singles with four guns/ throwers in the field.

Hire a successful youg dog Pro to work with your dog fulltime and help train you too.
Also, buy Danny Farmer's Basics DVD.

Buy a diesel Mule to haul them in.

Shoot at least one live flier a day, Bumpers are fine for drills but I would use all ducks and pheasants after drill work is done.

That's just a start. Get through basics and we can add what you need for AA training later.

Good luck.

Oh! This is a GREAT question. Booty beat me to it in terms of hiring throwers. As someone who trains alone a LOT or has to drive a long way to train with others-having "on-demand" throwers would be just the ticket.

For the times that I want to (and sometimes I prefer training alone) I'd buy an ATV to haul my wingers around (I have 2 zingers), a couple more wingers. I'd buy another dozen of each color bumpers.

I have someone 45 minutes away who is nice enough to keep flyers for me now & I usually buy a dozen at a time. So my dog gets a couple flyers a week & I always have nice, fresh birds in the freezer, but if money weren't an option-he'd get a couple flyers a day.

I'm trying to write this at work and keep getting interrupted, but if I could pick one more thing it would be going with him down south for the winter and working with a good pro & a good group of amateurs.

Rats -another interruption, but I love this question. I think all of us have a dog who makes us wonder what things would be like with an imaginary lifestyle!

A bunch of bumpersE-collarA blank pistol2 whistles and a lanyardA duck callA holding blind2 wingers with remotesDecoys: a half dozen field and a few floaters.A crate for the truckLong line – 20 or 30 footerA good lead and collarA heeling stickReading material: Dahl, DL Walters, Graham, Lardy

Joe-

That must be a list of things you already have???? Those are the basics and I think we all have those (I do). It's the big ticket stuff I don't have.

Edit: Oops! I just re-read the original post and now your answer makes sense.

Oh-from the prior list-a really, really light boat/canoe. There are some great places that I just can't get to w/out one.

All of the above and if money is really no object, I want my bird boys to be Sean Connery (at any age!), Harrison Ford, Will Smith and one of those Australian actor guys, Mel, Hugh, Russell, whoever is free, geez, so I really only need four bird boys, really? I have a lot of dogs, they might get tired and need backup.

Okay, say your dog training money was absolutely unlimited. You have a brand new 8 week old pup out of awesome field lines. You're planning to train him yourself, and you have access to awesome training grounds, but you have zero equipment right now.

What do you buy?

What about birds/bumpers? You have an eight week old puppy here. When do you start him on birds? What kind do you use? Frozen or fresh? Ratio of birds to bumpers? How do you use birds differently as he ages and becomes more advanced?

Mike Lardy......I would have said Judy Aycock, but she cant be bought now if we could clone her, for my money she is the best

Last edited by BonMallari; 09-12-2008 at 01:18 PM.

Executor of the Alanson C Brown III - Trust

Originally Posted by lanse brown

A few things that I learned still ring true. "Lanse when you get a gift, say thank you and walk away. When you get a screwing walk away. You are going to get a lot more screwings than gifts"

All of the above and if money is really no object, I want my bird boys to be Sean Connery (at any age!), Harrison Ford, Will Smith and one of those Australian actor guys, Mel, Hugh, Russell, whoever is free, geez, so I really only need four bird boys, really? I have a lot of dogs, they might get tired and need backup.